Big Fruinian Muscle Cars Cup Stage 1[Finished]

[Sillyworld]

@Packbat

I think something like the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index calculator might be better for converting prices - that indexes to goods like food, houses, and cars, as opposed to gold (which most people rarely buy or sell). Apologies if someone already suggested this change.

The numbers seems quite off, for example, according to this article: http://www.motortrend.com/news/1967-pontiac-gto-drive/ a 1967 Pontiac GTO was $3764.19 when new, which give us an idea on how much a muscle car should cost, a rough estimated of $3,500-3,900, give or take.

Now, the cars submitted so far costs in average around 15,000 automation money units (or automaleons as I call’em). Using the calculator you propose, it gives a price of $2,235.77 for 1969 considering the automation moneys as 2010 money, and $2,047.28 as 2016 money. Which is way off. (why 2010? because I read in the forum that the automation money units are from 2010).

Now, with the Gold method, with 15,000 automation money units we will get a price of $3,546.08, which is closer to a real price in that year. I got the idea from another thread where killrob discussed the difference between money and currency, and he proposed the gold method actually.